Highly selective chromogenic signaling of Hg2+ in aqueous media at nanomolar levels employing a squaraine-based reporter

Inorg Chem. 2004 Aug 23;43(17):5183-5. doi: 10.1021/ic049422q.

Authors

Jose V Ros-Lis¹, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Knut Rurack, Félix Sancenón, Juan Soto, Monika Spieles

Affiliation

¹ GDDS, Departamento de Química, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46071, Spain.

PMID: 15310190
DOI: 10.1021/ic049422q

Abstract

A chromogenic chemosensor for Hg(2+) detection in aqueous media at the nanomolar level has been developed from squaraine scaffoldings.